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60,. FHoTaLITNm Msi-moron o c 'No'. 732,070. PATBNTED JUNE 30, 1903. R. T. WATKINS 0 w. B. OVERTON.

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p UNITED STATES Patented June 3o, 1903. A

PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT T. VVATKINS AND WILLIAM B. OVERTON, OF DENVER, COLORADO.;

SAID OVERTON ASSIGNOR TO SAID WATKINS.

CABINET-TRUNK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 732,670, dated June 30, 1903. v

Application filed September 19, 1902. vSerial No. 124,105. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT T. WATKINS and WILLIAMBDVERTON, citizens of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State'of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Combined Wardrobe and Cabinet Trunk, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to combined wardrobe and cabinet trunks; and the object of the same is to construct a trunkvwhich can be set up in a room and used as a gentleman-s cabinet and wardrobe'to hold a complete outfit and have a drawer for each class of articles and a hanger for each garment.

The simple and novel construction employed by us in carrying out our invention is fully described in this specification and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective of our trunk open and standing on end. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig; 3 is a front view. Fig. 4 is a detail of ahanger and its guide.

Like numerals of reference designate like parts in the dierent views of the drawings.

The numeral 1 designates a trunk having a hinged lid 2 thereon. Rollers 3 are attached to one end 4'of the trunk to adapt it to serve as the bottom of the wardrobe. A partition 5 extends longitudinally the trunk 1 and divides it into two compartments 6 and '7. Guides 8 are attached to the sides of the compartment 6, and drawers 9 are slidingly mounted in said guides. The drawers 9 are made of different depths to adapt them to contain collars, cuffs, neckties, a hat, soiled clothes, dro. A horizontal partition 10 cuts od a small compartment from the compartment 7 to accommodate a drawer 11 for shoes. The remaining portion ofthe compartment 'I is used for coats, and with that end in view guides 12 are secured to the sides of the compartment 7 and extend transversely the top thereof. Slidingly mounted inthe guides l2 is a frame 13, comprising side bars 14 and cross-bars 15. The side bars 14 are embraced by the guides 12, and the center cross-bar 15 supports a series of guide members 16. The members 16 have eyes 17 therein which engage the center cross-bar 15 and have oppostely-eXtending arms 18vand 19, formed of parallel members 20,0f wire, integral with the eye 17. The lower members 2O of the'arms 18 have V-shaped bends 21 therein which are normally engaged by hooks 22 on coat-hangers 23, having oppositelyextending arms 24. By this arrangement any one of the hangers 23 can be pulled ont beyond all the others by grasping the end of the outer arm and sliding it along the guide-arm 18 or all ofthe hangers may bepulled out by grasping any one of the guide-arms 1S and sliding the frame 1.3 in its guides. y

In order to hold the garments supported on the hangers 23 up and keep`them`from wrinkling when traveling, clamping means'A is provided for them, which will now bedescribed.

A yoke 24, comprising resilient side bars 25 V and a cross-bar 26 connecting said side bars 25, is secured to the partition 5 by means of the ends 25a of the arms 25, which ends are turned over and driven into the partition 5 and then further secured by staples 25". Spring-loops 25c are also formed in the bars 25 to increase their resilience. A tape 27 is passed through eyes 28, formed in t-he bars 25, and through staples 29, seated in the sides of the trunk. A T-shaped member 30 is pivoted to the cross-bar 26 by the end of its stem 3l and has eyes 32,a formed in its arms 32,th rough which passes a tape 33, which also passes through staples 34, seated in the 'side ofy the trunk. By the arrangement just described the garments can be secured in place by tightening the tapes 27 and 33 until'the crossbar 26 and arms 32 are brought in contact with the clothes.

The lid 2 of our trunk is used forl pants, and a pants-hanger 35 is mounted therein; but

as this forms the subject-matter for a sepay ICO of them, after which they are once more hooked ou the guide members 1G and the frame 13 pushed back io its initial position. The tapes 27 and 33 are then untied and the tails of the coats tucked back into the compartment 7, when the tapes are drawn tight, bringing the cross-bar 26 and the arms 32 of the T-shaped member iu contact with the same. The trunk is then ready for shipping. When the destination is reached, the trunk is stood up on the rollers 3, the lid 2 opened, and the tapes 27 and 33 untied to permit the garments to hang freely, so as not to wrinkle them, and also to enable one to be readily removed when desired for wear. To take out a single garment, the outer arm 24. of its hanger is grasped, when the hook 22 will slide along the guide-arm 18 to the end, after which the garment may be disengaged from the hanger 23.

We do not wish to be limited as to details, as these may be modified in many particulars without departing from the spirit of our inven tion.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a compartment, of guides mounted in said compartment, a frame slidingly mounted in said guides, a plurality of guides carried by said frame, and a garment-hangerslidingly mounted in each ofsaid guides whereby any one of said hangers may be drawn out independently of the other to enable the garment thereon to be taken off, substantially as described.

2. In a wardrobe-tru nk, a series of parallel guides andagarment-hangerslidingly mounted in each of said guides whereby any one of said hangers may be pulled out independently of the remainder, substantially as described.

3. In a wardrobe-trunk, the combination of a garment-hanger, a yoke having resilient side bars connected at their extremes 1.0 said trunk, and bearing guide-eyes, staples seated in said tru nk, and tapes passing through said eyes and. said staples, substantially as described.

4. In a Wardrobetrunk, the combination of a yoke comprising a cross-bar and resilient side bars, said side bars being secured tothe trunk, a T-shaped member pivoted to said cross-bar and tapes connected to said yoke and said T-shaped member to secure garments, substantially as described.

5. In a wardrobe-trunk, the combination of. a garment-hanger, a yoke comprising a crossbar and resilient side bars attached to the walls of said trunk, said cross-bar being located to engage the garment about the middle thereof, means carried by said cross-bar lto engage the bottom of said garment, and

means for holding said yoke in contact with the garment, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT T. VATKINS. WILLIAM B. OVERTON.

Witnesses for signature of Robert T. Watkins:

Roirr. I?. WATKINs, O. Il. LOWELL.

Witnesses for signature of lVilliam B. Overton:

JAMES R. KILLIAN, D. EDGAR WILSON. 

